6. Seeking Answers Alejandro

It's been like two days since me and Ethan arrived in London and I must say, Jason has been quite accommodative since we arrived, considering the fact that he hates me and all that. I've just been living in the moment and enjoying the not-so-welcoming-but-manageable-company of my son, but playtime's over I came here for serious business and it's time to get on with.

"Jason"

"What?"

"We have matters to urgently discuss"

"I have nothing to say to you"

I sighed.....

"I said discuss Jason, a discussion involves two persons and I have a lot to say to you"

"Well, father I have no intention to listen to you"

"I suppose you do not"

"Then I guess I'll just...

"But, I think there is a little misunderstanding here, I believe you are under the mistooken impression that you have a choice....

Jason's eyes blazed dark gold...

"Considering the fact that is my house, I do believe...

"Ethan"

Ethan emerged from the behind the pillars with a gun pointing back at Jason's head... Jason puts his hand up and moved steadily to the sofa closest to him.

I clasped my hands together...

"Shall we try this again?"

I have to ignore the look of hurt on Jason's face...I have to.

"Of course, I suppose that's why you came"

"Indeed"

"What do you want from me Alejandro?"

Him not calling me father did not hurt- it couldn't..

"Well son, there has been a series of happenings at diacom and I'm trying to get to the bottom of it"

He actually smirked- boy, this is going to be interesting..

"An why have you come to me Alejandro, because frankly I don't see how the downfall of your precious company related to me"

I settled back in my seat narrowing my eyes at him.

"You tell me"

"I have nothing to say to you, I'm sure I made that clear from the onset"

"Stop stalling"

He was smiling now- seeming to enjoy this very much, and now keeping composure to not wipe that look of satisfaction on his face was becoming quite the task.

"Oh, father...

Might I add that the venom in that very statement - was quite alarming

....I still have failed to see how this matter concerns me, I am not in U.S.A, your memory can't be that bad still, for the sake of not wasting all our time.. you're in London"

I banged the table now...

"I Know very where I am, you on the other hand seem to forget your current state"..

I said with a smirk diverting to the cold metal at the back of his skull...

He faked a mock hurt.

"You would kill your own son?"

"I wouldn't want to take such extreme measures, so pray it doesn't come to that..stop wasting my time and tell me what you Know"

"We've been working on a project now...

...."You mean a weapon?"

I glared at him

...."A project which we(diacom) had spent nearly all our resources and finances on, which would enhance our company ... Project Diablos - a half human and half robot. One that if taken by the wrong hands could determine Earth's degeneration and if used by the right hands could determine Earth's newest development"

"Diablos...where have I heard that name before?"

"It''s spanish..for devil, but diablos to diacom means death"

"And you say she could determine Earth's development?"

"I don't see how that is related...but yes"

"Whatever, so what happened?"

"She was stolen"

"She huh..?

"Yes Jason, she was stolen by a treacherous thief who does not know how much has escaped into his hands and what damage that could bring on".

"Why am I getting the feeling that I'm being accused of this?"

I relaxed in my chair- now! we're getting somewhere.

"You see son, diablos was kept in a separate lab room, with all the necessary things needed for survival, I am very particular about such things ..my experimenters could make it into the room as they wished, but after the thawing just before the publicity, I kept her in a room that was only accessible through the scanning of my orbits"

"Quite the tale father, but I fail to see how come in."

"Jason when your mother gave birth to you, you had the color of her eyes- blue, not my grey ones and for some reason it bothered me..so I had it changed."

"You had my color changed?"

"Not just your eye color Jason, every aspect of your orbital senses, such that your eyes and mine were exactly the same"

"Wow"

"But you knew that didn't you?"

"You mean knew that my psycho father did not like my eye color and had it changed, just because the wanted me to look exactly like him..no father I did not know that".

"If you didn't, then there is only one person aside from me and ria that knew - your uncle Anthony".

All this time Jason had managed to look calm, but looks like I just hit a spot..

"Leave my uncle out of this"

I got up and rounded the chair grasping him by the lapels...my voice was disastrously low.

"You know something else that's funny son?"

"What?"

"For some reason, Anthony appears to be missing not just missing but at the time when diablos went missing too.. quite ironic huh?"

"He probably went on a vacation"

"Probably"

I released his collar now ....I picked up my stick from the chair and wore my cap .

"For charity of being my blood, I give you two weeks son ..find your uncle and get me answers, I am not one to be crossed as you would already Know by now"

"And if I do not?"

"Then run, run very far away..where I can't find you , because if I do find you..you will come to the realization that there are things far grimer than death"

....

"Ethan"

"Sir"

"We have a flight to catch".

THE ACT OF BEEN SAVED

Ailthia

It's been some weeks since I had been living with this man -Athan was his name, I stayed in the house mostly, and it'd probably won't be a bad idea to stroll a little.

I wore my black slippers I had worn when I came, as I walked I took in tht cool breeze, the humming of the birds and the serene environment, ever so peaceful - much unlike anything I had Known. In diacom there were no humming birds and breeze - there wasn't much of an "environment"..All machines, computers, scanners,labs,and.. ammunitions.

It's sucks to not remember anything or where I am and so far Alexis hasn't been much of an help.

I heared a snap of a twig behind me and turned sharply...this was one of my abilities- to detect sounds, no matter how faint it was. I saw the cause now - a snake, not really the time to be thinking about this but, this snake was quite ugly ..I hated green normally and that just happened to be its skin color..with weird designs all over.

Only its eyes were calculating and foxy, the best way to know the thinking of every being.. human or animal was through the eyes - one of my major training and possibly the hardest was to mask my emotions such that my eyes did not give me away...this tactic was especially handy when being tortured by the enemy.

I couldn't use my abilities on it - it would kill it, and that wouldn't be fair since it hasn't attacked me - yet, as I neared it I heard someone approach me from my back.

"Don't move"

Duh! I wasn't planning to.

I turned back to see Athan approaching me, I think he wants me to stay still.. wait! is he trying to protect me? Doesn't he know that I am - oh he doesn't, am not sure am ready for him to discover who I was yet..so best to play along.

I watched as he brought out his pistol and just as the snake was about to strike- he shot it.

That really was some heroic act, I had to resist the urge to clap for him - that would mean I was enjoying this and I wasn't scared, which would blow my cover.. shame!.

"Get in the house girl"

Cocky much...

"Okay, thanks for saving me"

"Don't mention it"

I already did dummy.